Canadian professor held in Iranian jail indicted on unknown charges - News Summed Up

Canadian professor held in Iranian jail indicted on unknown charges


( Courtesy of Amanda Ghahremani via Associated Press )TEHRAN, IRAN—A Montreal-based university professor being held in an Iranian jail has been indicted on unknown charges. Article Continued BelowHoodfar, a 65-year-old professor at Montreal’s Concordia University, was born in Iran but has been living in Montreal for 30 years. While Iranian officials have not publicly demanded another swap, analysts have suggested the detainees might be used by hardliners as bargaining chips. She was arrested in February during a trip to Iran to see family and conduct research. Also unaccounted for is former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished in Iran in 2007 while on an unauthorized CIA mission.


Source: thestar July 11, 2016 14:15 UTC



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